Lace-tipping machine.



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LAGE TIPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1909. 979,168, Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

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LACE TIPPING MACHINE.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JULY 1,5, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1909 Patented Deo. 20, 1910.

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LAGE TIPPING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY15, 1909.

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WILLIAM HARRY JOSLIN AND MANFRED HENRY BENNETT, OF SCITUATE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNORS TO VVILLAM JOSLIN, OE' SCITUATE, RHODE ISLAND.

LACE-TJFPNG MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led July 15, 1.909.

Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

serial No. 507,729.

To all 'whom it ymafjz/ concern.

Be it known that we, WILLIAM Hanni JosLIN and MANFRED HENRY BENNETT, citizens of the United States, and residents of Scituate, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode island, have invented a new and Improved Lace-Tipping Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention is an improvement in machines for tipping laces, and has in view a machine construction in which the lacing is carried as a continuous length past a tipapplying mechanism, where a metal blank is wrapped about it at successive points spaced apart equal to the length of the lace required and each blank severed to `form two laces, the i'inished laces being bunched into lots of a. definite number and each bunch moved to a convenient point for removal, the said tip-applying mechanism embodying punching dies, bending dies and cutters for the ribbon of metal from which the tips are formed, successively arranged one above the other and each operated in proper sequence to perform its proper tunetion, the puncliingfu 'es i the cycle of operation working oirY @ital ribbon one or more tips ahead ofthe bending dies and the ribbon being intermittently fed and operating to retain the driving` mechanism of the machine engaged, whereby when the ribbon is exhausted, the said mechanism will be released and the machine brought to a stop.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding part-s in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan of a machine complete constructed in accordance with our invention; Fig. 2 is a. lett-hand` half of the niachine in side elevation, snowing the shitting lever of the outer clutch in section; Fig. 2 is a like view of the right-hand halt portion of the machine; Fig'. 3 is a cross-section of the machine substantially on the line of Fig. 1, looking in the .direction of the arrow, certain portions ot the machine being removed to better disclose the nature and construction of the counting mechanism; Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the machine on the line llt-4; of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 5 is a side view, partly in section, of the carrier for the finished laces; Fig. vG is a cross-section ot' the machine on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 7 is a vertical section through thel housing of the punching and bendino' dies and the cut .x

section; Fig. 12 is a fragmentary plan of the tip-applying mechanism, showing one of the gripping fingers of the endless carrier in the position to carry the lacing forward preparatory to the application of another tip, the lacing which has just been completed by severing the metal blank, being shown in dotted outline; Fig. 13 is a longitudinal vertical section through the machine directly at the front of the housing of the tip-applying` mechanism; Fig. 14 is an inverted plan ot the cover Ot the housing, showing the cutters tor severing the tip; Fig. 15 is a plan of the male punching die; Fig. 16 is a side view of a gripper for raising` the unfinished side of the lace to the cutting dies; Fig. 1? is a perspective view of' the lower gripping finger for raising the finished side of the lace into the cutting dies; and Fig. 18 is a perspective view of one of the grip-pers of the endless carrier for :t'eeding the lacing through the machine.

Supported on and above a table 20, by standards 2l, is a head 22 having a yoke extending to the rear and a yoke extending to one side, in which are respectively journaled a longitudinal. main or cam-shaft 23 and a cross-shaft 24k, the latter extending toward the front of the table and driven trom the main shaft through interineshing beveled gears 25 and 26, one of said gears l being fixed to each of the said shafts. Ad-

jacent to the gear 25 the shatt 23 provided with a balance wheel 27. and at its oppofte end portion carries a pulley and a` clutchL 29, the pulley being journaled on the sliat. and the clutch slidably splineiil at the outside ot the pulley and controlled by a shitting lever 30 which is fulcrumed at i inner end and extends to the tront oit the machine through a guide-bar 3l fixed to and eX- tended to one side oi' the head 2Q, the lever being forced in a` direction to disengage the clutch, by a spring 32. rllhe cross-shaft El, as best shown in Fig. l, ha.A a lixed gear fill in mesh with a somewhat smaller gear 5ft, which in turn is secured to a short shaft l( journaled in bearings carried below the shaft 2st by certain ot' the standards 2l, and having a sprocket wheel 86 secured to its outer end.

fit the front of the table Q0 and about the saine elevation, is carried on supports 25T, a longitudinally extended bar 38, which. as shown .in crossssection in Figs. 3 and el, is in the lorm ot' an inverted 5M-iron, the bar extending a substantial distance beyond the left-hand side of the table and at each end carrying a vertical support 3), as best shown in Figs. 2 and 2, in the upper portions of which are journaled stub shafts 40, cach shaft having an attached sprocket wheel lil, with the sprocket wheels connected by a chain 42, constituting an endless chain carrier tor the continuous length ol lacing. as will be hereinatter made apparent. At the inner end ot the shaft 40, at yhe right of the machine, a sprocket wheel d3 is secured and driven from the sprocket wheel 3G through he intermediary of a chain 44.

r he head 22 is constructed with a` housing for the movable dies and the cutters ot the tip-applying mechanism, the housing e3; tending troni the front to the rear ot the head between the rear yolre and having a removable cover 4o, -whicln as best shown in Figs. ll and lele, is constructed with a slot on its under side, in which is slidably nounted a. plunger all having a cutter 4-7 removably secured to its outer end, the cutter movable alonO side oi' and enacting with va stationary cutter t8 lixed to the cover The cutter i7 has a shearing notch 47 in its lower edge and the stationary cutter i8 has a shearing notch 4:8@ at its outer end, (see Fig. 8.) fis shown in Fig. 1l, the plunger 46 is separated troni a larger plunger lll by a plate 45a liXed to the under side ot the cover and fitting in the upper portion ot' the slot or way in which the plunger 49 is slidable, the plunger 49 having ay bending die 50 secured in a cut-out portion in its forward end, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the bending die having a shearing edge 502l and an adjoining curved bending shoulder or surface 50h positioned some distance inwardly of the tront of the die. rlthe movable bending die 50 cooperates with an opposed stationary bending die 5l having al similarly curved bending ace on its inner site and carried on a ten'iale punch die 52, the latter in turn being seated on and secured lo the lforuun'dlynxtended portion ot the head 2"). loperating with the die is ay punch or male punching die 53 secured to the outer end olf a plunger oel, which, as shown in Fig. ll, is slidable in the housing directly below the plunger -el-ll. shown in detail in Fig. l5, the punching die 53 has a number of points in order to torni the metal tip with correspoiidingl perturbations, with a bur at the edge ot each perforation so that the tip will bite into the lacing.l as is well l-znown. It pin 55 extends Vfrom the bottoni of the plunger 5l through a` slot in the housing and is connecteifl to a. pin all by a spring 57. tending to draw the plunger to a retracted position. see Fig. l). Secured to the shaft i253, directly at the rear ot the plungers, is a cani 58 bearing on an adjustable toot 59 carried by the large bend-- ing die plunger all) and having a roller (it) journaled thereon and movable in the path ot an arc (3l also secured to the plunger el? and adapted to retract the plunger lll under the action ci the roller utter the said plunger has been forced forwardly under the direct influence ot' the cain." 'llhe tout 53E) projects downwardly sutliciently to entend into the path of an adjusting' screw (r threaded into and locked to the rear end ot the punch plunger oil, thus causingl the plunger oel: to movl forwardly with the plunger 4S) againstthe tension ot the spring 57. 0n a support 6? carried on the nia-- chine table is itulcrunied a bell-crank lever (il having a. slotted upper end portion engaged with a` pih extending troni one side ot' the cutter plunger Llo. the lever liaring at the opposite side ot its tulcruni, a rigid arni G6 provided with a pin or roller ll? arranged in the path ot the cani 5S. the latter in its revolution depressing this end ot the lever and reti-acting the cutter plunger 46, the said plunger being forced forwardlyr by a suitable projection carried on the plunger' ed), which, in lthe present instance7 is shown to be the head oit' the bolt lSS securing the ioot 59.

Between the male and teniale punching dies, the head :22 is vertically slotted and receives the upwardly-extended portion ot' a block (39, (see Fig. secured to the under side of the head, a space being lett at the trent of the block and the ljor iard edge ot the slot to permit ot the passage ot a metal ribbon T0, from which the tips are cut. 'll he ribbon passes between lecd rollers 7l which are journaled in bearings carried by the block, the bearings oit one ot the rollers being pressed by a spring 72 toward the hearings of the other roller in order that the rollers may yield to take care ol any inequalities in the thickness of the metal. Below the feed rollers, the ribbon is held Vto the face of the block by adjustable clips i?) arranged at opposite sides, and by a keeper 74 below, extending` crosswise. of the block, as shown in Figs. 2 and 2a.

As will be observed in Fig. 3, the metal ribbon passes from a spool T5 revolubly supported below the top of the table, and preparatory to passing through the guideway of the block G9 passes between a slotted arm T0 and a lever 77', the arm being at the front of the ribbon and the lever at the rear. rihe lever is fulcrumed at one end, at which, as shown in Fig. 2a, it is provided on its inner side with a projection or pin 78, the pin being arranged in the path of the lower arm of lever 79 which is forced in a direction to swing the lever 7i' forwardly by a spring 80. The upper arm of the lever bears against an oiifset portion of a shifting rod 81 slidably supported and connected at its right-hand end portion with a vertical lever 82 having a guide 83, through which the lacing is led in passing through the machine. The shifting rod S1 is extended to the opposite side of the shoulder with which the lever 7 9 engages, and, as shown in Fig. 2, is connected with a trip lever S4 having a bill portion 85 engaging with a similar portion S6 of a latch S7, the latch being fulcrumed at its outer end on the guide-bar 31 and having a shoulder 88 arranged to engage the edge of the shifting lever 30 when the latter is moved to a position to throw in the clutch, the latch being normally pressed upwardly to present the shoulder to the lever, by a spring 89. By this construction it will be seen that when the ribbon is about exhausted and the end thereof passes over the lever 7'?, the latter will be released, which in turn releases the lever 7 9, which, under the linfluence of its spring 80, forces the shifting rod in a direction to press the latch 87 downwardly through the engagement of the portions S5 and 80 and withdraw the shoulder 88 from the shifting lever, whereby the lever is released and the clutch thrown out, stopping the machine. T he shifting bar will also be moved in a like direction and the machine stopped by the engagement of a knot or other enlargement with the guide of the lever 82.

Preparatory to passing by the tip-applying mechanism the lacing passes through suitable guiding eyes 907 thence between the fingers of a lifting device 91, the upper finger 92 of said device, as shown in detail in Fig. 1G, being spring-pressed to the lower inger 93 which is adjustably secured to and extends outwardly from the side of a lever 94, and has a guide slot 95 through which the lacing is led, the outer end portion of the lower iinger being slotted out to receive the finger 92. The lever 94, as best shown in Fig. 2J, is fulcrumed intermediate its length to the head 22, with its opposite end extending` under and in the path of a cam 95 secured to the transverse shaft 24, the llever being pressed against the cam by a spring 90.

.tt the opposite and left-hand side of the tip-applying mechanism the lacing passes between lifting fingers 9i, best shown in Fig. the said fingers being in the nature of a pair of tongs, the members of which are pivotally supported on the head and respectiveljv extend into the paths of cams 98 and 99 carried on a cam disk 100 ixed to the main shaft 215, each member being forced in a direction to hold it. against its respective cam by a spring 101. rlhe cams 98 and 99 are arranged on the disk 100 so that the upper iinger will be forced against the lower finger by its respective spring when the fingers are in an elevated position, and the fingers will be spread apart when the lower finger is in a depressed position, thus intermittently clamping the lace when elevated and permitting it to freely pass between them when lowered. rThe chain 42 of the endless carrier for the continuous length of lacing is provided with a number of grippers 102 spaced apart distances suitable for the length of lacings which are to be made, each gripper, as shown in detail in Fig. 18, comprising a base block 103 and a gripping finger 101, the base block having a serrated gripping surface and the finger having a short shaft 105 journaled in a lug 10G rigid with the base block and provided with radiating tripping pins 107, the gripping :tinizjer 104 being pressed to the base block and held in a retracted position by a. spring 108, the spring being attached to the lug and having a laterally-extended portion adapted to bear against the flat end of the gripping i'inger or against its lower edge. The base block 103 of each gripper is suitably secured to the inner side of the chain 42, with one of the tripping pins, when the gripping finger 104C is in clamping position, arranged to strike a tripper 109, and with the other tripping pin, when the gripping tinger is raised, arranged to strike a tripper 110. the tripper 109, best shown in Figs. 1 and 2, being adjustably carried on the left-hand support 39 adjacent to and extending under the sprocket wheel Ll1 at this end of the machine, and the tripper 110, as best shown in Fig. 12, being` in the nature of an angleplate secnred to the forward extended portion of the head and arranged slightly to the right ot' the tip-applying mechanism, the particular portion of the plate which engages with the tripping pin being in the nature of an upwardly-turned lip 1101.

For guiding and additionally supporting the fingers as they pass in front of the tipapplying mechanism, as shown in Fig. t, a

rib or guide 111 is carried on a plate 112 and engages in a groove on the under side of the base block 103 of each gripper. The upper length of the chain 112 is additionally supported about this point b y a third sprocket` 11B` the upper portion of which is covered over, as also the chain, b y a guard .1141.

'lo the front of the 'liron 38, at the lefthand end portion of the machine, is suitably supported a short shaft 115 carrying a sprocket wheel 116 driven from a, sprocket wheel 117 by a chain 11S, the sprocket wheel 117 being secured to a shaft 119 longitudinally arranged and suliported on the machine table at the rea-r. rlhe chain 11S which constitutes a carrier for the bunches of finished laces of definite number is provided at intervals with outwardly-projecting pins 120, `forming lace-receiving pockets. The laces as they are received in the pockets are prevented from becoming entangled in the lower length of the chain by a box guard 121 having a. downwardly and inwardly inclined chute 122 at its inner right-hand edge. To the left of the box guard a similar chute or slide 123 is carried at the inner end of the bearing pin or shaft of the adjacent sprocket 411.

Around the outer side of the sprocket wheel 11G a guard 1241 extends, the ends of Vthe guard being secured to the uibar 21S by bolts or other suitable devices, which in the embodin'ient of the invention disclosed, are shown to also connect the outer ends of lacesupporting bars 125, the bars being arranged at opposite sides of the chain 11S and converging rearwardly, where they are supported on the shaft 119.

Journaled at a convenient point in bearings carried by the machine table is a longitudinal shaft 126 carrying a number of ratchet wheels 127, 128 and 129, all of which have an equal number of teeth and successively increase and decrease in diameter, with the largest and the intermediate ratchet wheels each having one tooth of a depth equal to the depth of the teeth of the smallest ratchet whe h the teeth of each wheel being engaged by a spring-pressed pawl 130 which operates to prevent the ratchet wheels from turning backwardly. The smallest ratchet wheel is fixed to the shaft, with the remaining wheels journaled thereon, the largest wheel being at all times engaged by a pawl 131 carried on one arm of a lever 132 which is operatively connected with the arm of an eccentric 133 by a link 134s, the eccentric being arranged on the main shaft 23 and having' an offset arm 135 adjustably connected to an arm 136 journaled on the extended end of one of the ribbon feed rollers 71 and carrying a pawl 137 engaging a ratchet wheel 138 fixed to avales unison by intermeshing gears 189 secured to their opposite ends, as shown in Figs. 2 and 9.

The shaft 126 has an attached sprocket wheel 140 connected with a relatively smaller sprocket 14:1 by a chain 142. ,From the construction just described it will be seen that as the eccentric arm rocks back and forth, the metal ribbon will be intermittently fed by the feed rollers, the length of the metal fed at each movement of the rollers being controlled by the adjustable connections between the two arms 135 and 136, the rockingl action of the eccentric also revolves the large ratchet wheel 127 tooth by tooth until a complete revolution is made, when the pawl 131 drops into the deep tooth of the ratchet wheel and also engages the intermediate ratchet wheel, moving the ,latter one tooth. i/Vhen the intermediate ratchet wheel has been revolved a complete revolution its deep tooth and the deep tooth of the larger ratchet wheel register so that the pawl engages all three wheels, turning them one tooth, and since the smaller wheel is secured to the shaft 126, the latter is also turned, which drives the carrier for the finished laces, the shafts 126 and 119 being geared together so that the chain 118 will be moved a distance equal to the distance between the pins 120 for each engagement of the pawl 131 with the small ratchet wheel 129. 1n this way when a definite number of laces have been dropped into the pocket at the foot of the chutes 22 and 123, depending on the number of teeth in the ratchet wheels, the carrier will be moved to bring the next adjacent pocket in position to receive the laces. 1n practice, and as shown in the drawings, each ratchet wheel of the counting mechanism will contain twelve teeth,

`which wi ll cause the laces to be counted out in grosses.

ln the operation of the machine, the metal ribbon is passed between the feed rollers between and slightly above the punching dies and the machine given one stroke to trim and punch the ribbon in readiness to make one of the tips. The lacing is then led through the guide eyes S8 and 9() and between the lingers of the gripper 91 and the fingers 97 of the gripper at the opposite side of the tip-applying mechanism. On then starting the machine all of the plungers are moved forward, the punching dies punching the metal for the next successive tip and the bending dies cutting off and wrapping the previously punched blank around the eX- tended lace. r1`he plunger of the movable punch and that of the movable bending die then retracted. and about the same time the lace with the blank applied is lifted vertically bv the gripping fingers into the shearthe said extended portion of the feed roller, ing notches ofthe cutters, as shown in Fig.

the rollers being geared together to move in 8. Immediately after, the movable cutter is retracted and the blank severed, forming two tips. The grippers then drop with the fingers 97 opening so that the free end of the lacing falls. lllhile the gripper 91 is holding the lacing in its lower position one of the grippers 102 of the endless carrier, with the finger 10e lifted from the baseplate, moves over the outer end portion of the gripperl 91, with the base-plate 10B below and the finger 104 above, and picks up the lace end with the finished tip and is clamped thereto as one of the pins 107 strikes the lip 110a of the tripper. The continuous length of lacing now travels forward with the gripper 102, the latter sliding the lacing between the fingers of the gripper 91. As the gripper 102 reaches the extreme outer portion of the left-hand sprocket wheel 41, the lace momentarily stops and on further movement of the gripper 102 its fingerl 101 is lifted by the other tripping pin 107 engaging the tripper 109, thus releasing this end of the lace. it the instant the travel of the lace ceases, the punching plunger and the bending plunger which have j been moving forward, having respectively l punched` the ribbon for another blank and n cut off the previously punched blank, wrap the latter tightly about the lacing, as shown in Fig. r.

The punching plunger and the bending plunger are then instantly retracted, when the lifting grippers again raise the lacing with the appliedblank into the shearing cutters, at which time the blank is cut in half with the lacing, the weight of the finished lace drawing its inner end from bei tween the gripping lingers 97 and the lace sliding at opposite sides of the finished lace i carrier on the chutes 122 and 123 into the l regi ster-ingpocket.

place the next pocket in register with the lower portions of the slides or chutes. bunches of counted laces are removed from Thisoperation is continued until a gross has been received into one pocket, when the carrier is advanced to the pockets at periods, the chain 118 of the through the machine, means for applying a blank about the lacing at intervals and severing it to forni two tips, an endless 'chain carrier arranged to receive the finished laces, and means for advancing the lastnamed carrier a step after each completion of a definite number of laces.

2. rThe combination in a lace-tipping niachine, of an endl-ess flexible lace carrier having means for drawing a length of lacing through the machine, ineansfor applying a blank about the lacing at` intervals and severing it to form two tips, an endless flexible carrier ar 1anged to receive the finished laces, having pockets, and means for advancing the last-named carrier step by step as a definite number of lacings are deposited in each pocket.

3. rEhe combination in a lace-tipping malchine, of a lacetip-applying mechanism having cutters to sever the blank applied to form two tips, means for intermittently feeding a continuous length of lacing past the tip applying mechanism, and means for lifting the lacings with the applied tip to the cutters.

f1. The combination in a lace-tipping machine, of an endless lace carrier, a tip-applying mechanism having cutters to sever an applied blank to the lacing to form two tips, grippers to draw a continuous length of lacing through the machine past the tipapplying mechanism, carried by the carrier, each gripper having a base member and a finger, and grippers arranged at opposite sides of the tip-applying mechanism to raise the lacing into the cutters.

5. The combination in a lace-tipping machine, of an endless lace carrier, a. tip-applying mechanism having cutters, grippers arranged at each side of the tip-applyiiig mechanism to elevate the lacing to the cutters and having gripping fingers, a gripper for drawing a continuous length of lacing through the machine past the tip-applying mechanism, carried by the carrier, each gripper having a base-plate and a gripping finger, with the base-plate and finger movable past one of the first-named grippers at opposite sides of the fingers thereof.

6. The combination in a lace-tipping inachine, of an endless lace carriei` having means for drawing a length of lacing through the machine, a tip-applyiiig mechanism having means for wrapping a blank around the lacing at intervals of its length and severing it to form two tips, an endless carrier for the finished laces, arranged at approximately right-angles to and below the 1 first mentioned carrier and having pockets,

slides for directing the finished lacings into the pockets of the last-named carrier, and means for advancing the last-named carrier after a definite number of lacings have been slid into one pocketto bring another pocket into operative position to said slides.

7. The combination in a lace-tipping machine, of a tip-applying mechanism, means for feeding a ribbon to the said mechanism to form the tips, means to stop the machine,

g having a shifting rod, a lever having means to force the rod in a direction to operate the stopping means, a slotted arm arranged to extend over one side of the ribbon, and a lever arranged to extend over the opposite side of the ribbon, having a projection to engage the first-named lever and, hold it against movement.

8. The combination in a lace-tipiiing machine, of punching dies, bending dies to Wrap a blank about the lace to form two tips, arranged above the punching dies, and cutters to sever the applied blank, arranged above the bending dies.

9. The combination in a lace-tipping niachine, of a shaft having a cam, punching dies, bending dies, cutters, said dies and cutters each having an operating plunger, and means for actuating all of said plungers from said cam.

lO. The combination in a lace-tipping machine, ot a shait't having a cam, punching dies, bending dies, cutters, said dies and cutters cach having an operating plunger, means for advancing and retracting the plungers oit the bending dies and cutters and advancii'ig the plunger ot the punching dies by the cam, and independent means for returning the plunger of the punching dies.

ll. rllhe combination in a lace-tipping machine, ot punching dies, bending dies, cutters, means for vertically feeding a ribbon between the punching dies, means operating the punching dies and bending dies to respectively punch the ribbon and cutotl a previouslj, punched blank from the ribbon and bend it about the lace to torni tivo tips, means for elevating the lacing With the blank applied into the cutters, land means for retracting one oit said cutters to sever the blank and lacing.

l2. The combination in a lace-tipping machine, ot' means for applying a blank about the lacing, cutters, one et which is movable and the other stationary, means to elevate the applied blank to the cutters, and means for retracting the movable cutter to sever the blank and lacing to torni two tips.

13. 'lhe combination in a lace-tipping' machine, punching dies, bending dies, cutters, each set of dies and cutters having a reciprocating plunger, means to advance the bending die plunger, and means arried by said plunger to contact With and move the other plungers forward When it is advanced. 4 14. riihe combination in a lace-tipping machine, ot bending dies to Wrap a blank about the lacing, with one ot' said dies having a reciprocatingl plunger, an arc attached to said plunger, a cam arranged to engage and advance the plunger, and a roller carried bv the cam, arranged to engage the arc and retract the plunger.

The combination in a lace-tipping machine, of means for applying a blank about the lacing' sutlicient in length to term tivo tips, a coacting stationair)7 and movable cutter, with the movable cutter having a shearing notch in its loiver edge, and the stationary cutter having a shearing edge at its end,

means to elevate the lace with the applied i ters, one ot each oit dies and one oit blank between the shearing edges ci the cutters, and means to retract the movable eutH ter to sever the blank and lacing.

16. The combination in a lace-tipping machine, o'f bending dies having means to sever and Wrap a blank about a length of lacing, cutters to sever the lacing, one ot the bending dies and one oit the cutters havingl an operating ivilunger, an are attached to the plunger oi" the bending die, a lever engaged with the plunger ot the cutter, and a cam arranged to engage the plunger ot' the bending die and the lever to respectivelyY torce the bending die plunger forward and retract Vthe plunger ot the cutting die, and having a roller arranged to engage thc are and retract Vthe plunger ot the bending die.

l?. rlfhe combination in a lace-tipping machine, of punching dies, bending diesn cutsaid cutters each having an operating plunger, means carried b v the plunger ot the bending die arranged to engage the other plungers and move them tor "ard When the said bending die plunger is advanced, and means to vary the eitective length oit the punching die plunger. i

1S. rlhe combination in a laee-tilnliing machine, ot means to intermittently dran' a length oit lacing through the machine, a vtip-applying mechanism having cutt frs, and grippers to elevate the lacing to the cutters, arranged at opposite sides of vthe tip-applying mechanism, with one ot' said gii'ippers having lingers separated in depressed posi.- tion and clamping the lacing' in an elevated position.

1S). 'the combination in a lace-tipping machine, oi' a tip-applying mechanism havingcutters, gripping lingers arranged at one side of the mechanism to elevate the lacing to the cut'ers, and means to raise and lower the lingers respectiveli7 in a closed and open position.

20. 'the combination in a lace-tiijiping machine, oli' an endless carrier to dran' a ccntinuous length ot lacing through the ma chine, ot a tip-applying mechanism having cutters, a longitudinal shatt having means lo actuate the cutters, a transverse shatt driven trom the longitudinal sliatt, ,means driving the endless carrier trom the transl verse shatt, grippers arranged at the opposite sides ot the tip-applying mechanism, and means carried b v the respective sha'tts to raise the grippers to carry the lacing to the cutters.

il. The combination in a lace-tipping machine, ot' a tip-applying mechanism, means tor feeding a ribbon to the said mechanism to torni the tips, a carrier to draiv a continuous length of lacing through the machine past the tip-applying mechanism, a carrier arranged to receive the tinished laces, means to advance the carrier a step after the com- MBO pletion of a predetermined numberl of laces, and an oscillatory arm operatively connected to the last-mentioned means and to the ribbon-feeding means.

The combination in a lace-tipping machine, of a tip-applying mechanism, means for feeding a ribbon to the said mechanism to form the tips, a carrier to draiv a continuous length of lacing through the machine past the tip-applying mechanism, a carrier arranged to receive the finished laces, means to advance the last-named carrier a step after the completion of a predetermined number of laces, a driving shaft, and an eccentric carried by the driving shaft operatively connected to the means for advancing the finished lace carrier and operatively connected to the ribbon-feeding means.

23. The combination in a lace-tipping machine, of means for feeding a length of lacing through the machine,means to apply a blanh at intervals of the length of the lacing and sever it to form the finished lacings, an endless carrier arranged to receive the finished lacings, a shaft, a series of ivheels arranged on the shaft successively increasing in diameter, With the smallest Wheel secured to thc shaft and the larger Wheels ournaled thereon, each Wheel having an equal number of teeth, With one tooth of each of the larger ivheels cut to approximately the depth of the teeth of the smalle-r Wheel, oscillatory means in engagement With the teeth of the larger wheel and adapted to drop into the deep tooth thereof and engage the smaller Wheels, and means for driving the carrier from the said shaft.

24. rPhe combination in a lace-tipping machine, of a tip-applying mechanism, a gripper to frictionally hold the lacing preparatory to the passage of the lacing to the tipapplying mechanism, an endless carrier, a gripper carried by the carrier and having opposed gripping members, and means to actuate the last-named gripper to cause one of said members to move over and the other beneath the first mentioned gripper and pick up the end of the lacing in advance of the first mentioned gripper preparatory to dran'- ing the lacing past the tip-applying mechamsm.

25'. The combination in a lace -tipping machine, of a tip applying mechanism, means to intermittently feed a length of lacing past the tip-applying mechanism, a shaft, means for operating the tip-applying mechanism from the shaft, cams carried by the shaft, and a gripper to engage the lace as the feeding movement of the latter stops, having fingers pivoted together, each operated by one of said cams.

QG. The combination in a lace -tipping machine, of a tip-applying mechanism having cutters, means to draw a length of lacing through the machine past the cutters, a

gripper frictionally and constantly binding the lacing preparatory to the passage of the latter by said mechanism, a gripper arranged at the opposite side of the said mechanism. and means to actuate the lastmentioned gripper to engage the,lacing and raise both of the grippers to elevate the lacing to the cutters.

2T. The combination in a lace-tipping machine, of a tip-applying mechanism, a gripper arranged at one side of the mechanism, a carrier, a gripper to dravv a length of lacing through the first-mentioned gripper past the tipping mechanism, having two gripping members and provided ivith means for separating and moving said members together, a tripper arranged to operate the last mentioned means to separate said members When a length of lacing has been drawn past the tip-applying mechanism equal to the length of the finished lacing, and a tripper to actuate the said means to move the members together when the gripper passes the first mentioned gripper.

28. The combination in a lace-tipping machine, of an endless lace carrier, a tipapplying mechanism, and a gripper to draw a length of lacing through the machine past said mechanism, carried by the carrier and having` a base-plate and a pivoted finger, ivith a spring to hold the finger both in a retracted and projected position.

29. The combination in a lace-tipping machine, of a carrier for the lacing, a basemember secured to the carrier, a gripping finger coacting with the base member to grip the lacing, having a flattened end, and a spring arranged to bear on said end of the finger and hold it in a retracted position.

30. The combination in a lace-tipping machine, of an endless carrier for the lacing. a base member secured to the carrier, a shaft having a gripping finger secured thereto and arranged to bind the lacing to the base member, a spring carried on the finger and arranged to hold the latter in retracted and depressed positions, and tripping pins projecting from the shaft.

3l. The combination in a lace-tipping machine, of an endless lace carrier, a tipapplying mechanism having cutters. grippers arranged at opposite sides of said mechanism, grippers to dranv a continuous length of lacing through the last-mentioned grippers in successive portions, means to release one of the grippers after the feeding of each portion of the lacing, and means to simultaneously elevate the grippers at the opposite sides of the tipping mechanism to carry the lacing to the cutters.

The combination in a lace-tipping machine, of a head having a housing, punching dies, bending dies and cutters respectively arranged one above the other, one die of each set and one of said cutters having :i plunger slicluble in the lionfsing, nn endless l ln testimony whereof we have signed our 10 lace Carrier zu'rano'ed al the ron oj The i nzunes to Une Saecliczitlon 1n the oiesenee (illeS and cutters having gl'lppeif; lio draw oi two subSoi'lblng Witnesses.

successive )oltions of :i contnuo 1u lenwuli YT f Y Y q T 'L 5* Y V 7 MDJFRED MENRY BENNETT. nienns tonoiuate the plnnge1':,` lo apply E l severed blank about ille lacing after the Wlilineses:

feeding of each portion, ro forni the in GEORGE PARKER HALL,

isllecl laces. YVILLAM HENRY BROWN. 

